Posted 29 July, 2007 in California
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1. Does your state offer tax incentives? A production tax incentive bill is currently being reviewed by the California Legislature. The Scene in San Francisco incentive is a refund of all city costs in the city and a portion of hotel, sales tax & all San Francisco payroll taxes with a per production cap of the total contribution of taxes paid to the city. (Please visit www.filmsf.org for more details.)
2. Are there sales tax discounts?
Five percent sales tax exemption on the purchase or lease of post-production equipment for qualified persons. (Exemption is taken by the seller of the equipment and passed on to the buyer at the point of purchase.)
3. Are there hotel tax discounts?
No State hotel tax on occupancy. Most cities or counties that impose a local hotel tax have a tax exemption for occupancies in excess of 30 days.
4. Are there any state or local fees offered at no charge?
Free permits for California State properties.
No Location fees for California state properties.
The City of Los Angeles waives location use fees at many frequently filmed City facilities including City Hall, city-owned office buildings and property and all public library facilities.
5. Is your state a “right to work state”? No
6. Crew base
Number of union crews (i.e. - how many productions can be served?) California has the largest crew base in the world — able to accommodate over 100 simultaneous productions.
7. Do you have sound stages?
Los Angeles has over 375 stages with over 4.2 million square feet of space.
San Francisco has 30 stages with total square footage of 465,000.
San Diego has 13 stages ranging in size from 1100 – 15,000 square feet.
8. Do you have equipment houses in your state? Visit http://www.film.ca.gov/ for resource listings.
9. Do you have film and/or sound labs in your state? Visit http://www.film.ca.gov for resource listings.
10. Specify your weather patterns
Moderate weather year round with 315 sunny days per year.
11. What are the child labor laws in your area? Please visit http://www.film.ca.gov/ProductionTools/WorkPermits.html for details on child labor in California
12. Please list the productions which have shot in your state within the last 2 years. California hosts nearly 200 feature films every year and countless TV series, commercials, and documentaries. Major recent productions include - Nowhereland , Hancock, Iron Man , Frost/Nixon, Eagle Eye, Get Smart, Lions for Lambs, Grindhouse, Superbad, The Heartbreak Kid, Charlie Wilson’s War, Zodiac, Pursuit of Happyness, Transformers, Letters From Iwo Jima, Dreamgirls
13. Please add any additional information, or a statement from your office here.
• On site location library and CinemaScout, http://www.cinemascout.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/CinemaScout, a web-based location finder for sites throughout California.
• On site California Highway Patrol (CHP) Film Liaison available to assist with filming on State freeways and highways. This liaison also arranges CHP officers to monitor film shoots.
• On site California State Fire Marshal available to provide advice and approval for pyrotechnics and other special effect permits for State properties.
• Coordination with more than 55 in-state film commissions. CFC will e-mail your customized location requests to designated film commission offices.
• Production and troubleshooting assistance.
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